ALM UNDP

The following country profile is found in the Meister Consultants Group study: Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.

Summary

One of the major challenges facing Australia is the rising number of droughts, which affect agriculture as well as the unique biodiversity of the country. Australia‘s vulnerability to the consequences of climate change was exposed when dramatic droughts in 2002 and 2003 hit large parts of the country. In response, the Australian government passed a National Climate Change Adaptation Framework in 2007. The framework includes a range of concrete measures, including training programs for those occupational groups most affected by climate change. The individual Australian states have also started to prepare for climate change (p. 56).